Career musicians are complicated souls, who pour their blood, sweat and tears into their art to provide incredible glimpses into the human experience. However, many of the best artists of all time ...
Music's timelessness is evident in cover songs that bring a fresh perspective. These 10 exceptional covers have left a lasting impact on music history by captivating hearts and ears in unexpected ways ...
When an artist covers a song that's already popular, they always run the risk of facing criticism. But in these 10 cases, country artists were able to take successful songs from other genres and make ...
Cover versions have had a rough time of it over the past several years. First, The X Factor unleashed a wave of pub singers on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”. Next came the scourge of the John Lewis ...
The best country music cover songs convince fans that they're originals. Darius Rucker did it in 2013 with "Wagon Wheel," and Chris Stapleton did too, in 2015. Miranda Lambert did it a few years ...
There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...
Cover songs, at some point, became part of nu-metal culture. To be more specific, these were mostly covers of pop songs. Sure, some did it before Limp Bizkit unleashed their take on George Michael's ...
Country music is full of cover songs. In the 1950s and ’60s, it was common for multiple artists to cut the same song within months of one another. Today, though, artists tend to leave more of a gap ...
Already making her mark on the zeitgeist in 2023 with Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey had one more thing to say earlier this month with her take on John Denver’s ...
There is no exact recipe when it comes to the best thrash metal cover songs. But then you also have Sodom, who just sound like they're having fun while covering a surf rock classic from the 1960s. The ...